Hi,
> > $ ls -l /usr/bin/egcc /usr/bin/gcc
> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 60320 Jun 17 03:04 /usr/bin/egcc*
> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 49460 Jun 15 00:48 /usr/bin/gcc*
>
> Ok, I haven't posted a BIG DUMMY question in quite some time; I'm overdue!
>
> SO: what's the significance of the asterisks next to those two lines above?
Heh, good question! :)
The asterisk after the filename indicates that it is an executable file.
Similarly a directory would have a "/" after it. This type of output is
caused by doing a "ls -F." Debian sets up the following aliases:
unalias ls
alias ls 'ls-F -C'
It seems that "ls-F" (no space after ls) is a shell built-in command. As
stated above, shells that don't have this built-in command can simply use
"ls -F" (with a space after ls) to produce the desired output.
Incidentally, here is an excerpt from the ls man page:
-F, --classify
Append a character to each file name indicating the
file type. For regular files that are executable,
append a `*'. The file type indicators are `/' for
directories, `@' for symbolic links, `|' for FIFOs,
`=' for sockets, and nothing for regular files.
-Ossama
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